Rectangle of fine muslin densely embroidered with field of stylized heads in brilliant vermillion and blue green silk floss. Deep end borders with row of stylized boteh. Traces visible of original inked outlines for embroidery. Made of three panels (not breadths) seamed up long sides.
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
- Date published
- late 19th–early 20th century
- Dates
- late 19th–early 20th century
- Format
- Medium: silk embroidery on cotton ground Technique: satin, buttonhole, and chain stitches on plain weave ground
- Pages
- H x W: 96 x 125 cm (37 13/16 x 49 3/16 in.)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- 1957-109-1
- Rights
- Gift of C. Albert Jacob, Jr.
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/481aebd1b2634a2f6ee2c43af20854d7
